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_ W 0 PERSONS SEEKING LANDED ATES AND COUNTRY RE 3IDENCES. FREEHOLD A „ ND TO LEA WN SEHOLD LNVESTMENTS, AND PROPER LIES GENERALLY— ro BE HAD GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls throughout the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices, O. 67, Chancery-lame, London, Messrs. E. and H. Lumley's "FREE PROPERTY ItEGISTER," containing a varied selection _ 0 ! landed and house properties now in the market, from the nobleman's mansion, with its mr.norial domain, to the Cottage with its few acres. OWNERS OP e PROPERTIES wishir.g to Sell or Let can em brace the oppoi canny that the medium of this Register Words, by sending the particu! , ..rs of their properties to the Estate Offices, 67, Chanceryniane, London, as the Messrs. Lumley can in most cases introduce Immediate customers Where the property is of en eligible chara ter, thereby avoid ing the disadvan'zageS of delay and its atteneant incon teytiences. THEREIS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or pur chaser is intro duced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, a►rid then only the usual moderate commission. Auction `And Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. 1 4 MJRNI MBE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and .1: FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or dis'ance. First. class ggoods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to .lergyrnen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select 140 m, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. rety article warranted f , GYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR- N ISEI are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett ana Co are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE FURNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo 'Wm - able engravings of every description of Furniture and Iseasteads, with prices attached. A copy sent gist's and Post-tree on application. This costly work also contains Complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised sale A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto ........ 259 18 6 A Twelve-roomed ditto Together with a Price List of purified Bedding, and a mass Of valnable informationto all requiring househ)ld furniture, carpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy /nen and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells. Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder- Minster, Wellington. Croydon. Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, Bt. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great COBB ETT and CO.. General House Furnishers. Deptford bridge, London. S.E. COMMODORE NUTT & MINNIE WARREN. Every eveninz this week at 8 o'clock at ST. JAMES'S I ALL, Piccadilly.—On BOXING DAY, and during the Zolidays, Three Levees Daily, viz., 11,3, and 8 o'clock. Admission, 1.. and 2s. ; reserved stalls, 35. each. Children 'under 10 halt-price in 2s. an,' 3s. places. ROYAL GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. R. Rnd Mrs. GERMAN REED. •pith Mr -LTA_ JOHN PARRY. will appear in THE RIVAL COM rOSERS (for a limited number of representatiors). To be followed by THE BARD and HIS BIRTHDAY. (Mr. and Mrs. GERMAN REED). Shakespearian V'SlOllB of Rosa lind, Witch, Touchstone, and Ariel, illustrated by Mrs. Ger uan Reed. uonc uding with MR-. ROSELEAF AT THE SEA-SIuE, by Mr. JOHN PARRY. Every Evening 'except Saturday) at 8. A Morning Repre sentation every Saturday, at 3 o'clock. Unreserved seats, is. and ts. ; stalls, 2s. ; stall spring chairs, ss. Stalls may be secured in advance, without fee, at the Gallery H 0 .F 6, OXFORD STREET, W, The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera Comique), is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the Bong "Kin , of Beeotia ;" " The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus, by Eurydice, Diana, Cupid, and horus ; the side-splitting "Couplets," by Minerva, Mama, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; a d final Minu t ,Itnd Galop. Principal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Wahusley; Messrs. Greene and Lascelles. " Nothing can be prettier of its kind ; nothing can go with greater spirit or be more heartily enjoyed by the audience." -- Athenzeum. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. THE DESCENT OF MERCURY, by Mr. Jas.. Talliott. LE MONSTRE CHARME, by M. SILVESTRE. he D'AUBANS in their famous Character Sketches Comedy, by Mr. WILLIAAI RANDALL, Mr. GASTON AILTRRAY, LITTLE 808, and all the procurable Talent of the day. Instrumental Solos, &c., ezc. Admission—Area, 61; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, los. sa. ANTERBURY HALL. if The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). LAST TW NIGHTS OF PERFUME and BOUQUET, the NEW OPTICAL ILLU SION, in wh ch the whole resources of the essablishment are brought into requisition, written by Mr. W. F. Vandervell. The usual Oper , tic Sele tions, the Anthropophaginian, Comedy by Mr. W. Randal', T. Stacey, W. Hilton, and the Wondrous Indian Rope Trick by Messrs. W. Hilton and .'elley. Comic D'ustrations of egro character by LITTLE 808 tOn MONDAY nod 'Boxing Night), will be performed ODGE PODGE, surpassing anything ever seen in London. Admission—Area, ed.; Stalls and Balcony, Is. R OYAL CAMBRIDGE -MUSIC HALL, Commercial-street, Shoreditch. (Close to the Great Eastern Terminus , . Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS UP TO CHRISTMAS. Operatic Selections, &c. Prima Donna, Miss ELLI , ON. The Comic strength of the Comnany includes ANNIE NEWLY roWER, J. G. FORDE. WEST, GEO. .14EYBOURNE, Mr. HERBERT, J. F. ALEXANDER and ear/illy ; LES FRERES CAVALLINI, the great Italian (1 5vens and Gymnasts, from the Cirque Napoleon, Paris, their first appearance in England. Permanent prices—Area, 4d. ; balcony, 6d. ; stalls, ls. Manager and Conductor. Mr. C GitE VILLE. R OYAL ALHAM'BRA PALACE, Leicester-square. lir. FREDERICK STRANGE (tate of the Crystal Palace) Sole Lessee and Mana rer. OPEN BOXING NIGHT. The preparations now in full progress for the production of the Grand Lyrical ~ n d Terpsichorean Entertainment are ~1 : 13on a scale or magnitude and splendour never before at tempted in England. R OYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE Leicester- square. OPEN BOXING NIGHT. Upwards of £lO,OlO are now beinz expended in alterations, decoration, and improvements of the most m gnifieent cha- Taeter. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square. OPEN BOXING NIGH l'. OWonderful and astounding scenic effect produced by Real ater, THE TORRENT CASCADE. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square. OPEN BOXING NIGHT. BAND and CHORUS of ONE HUNDRED PERFORMERS Amongst the Engagemerts now being completed will be fours l the following well-known and popular Artistes : MISS PEARCE, PRIMA DONNA, Miss Fanny Harrison, Madame Marie Forbes, Madame Pal- Mre. Burgess, and the Misses Rose Palmer, Agnes Villiers, Nelly Cord, Sarah Rowe, Edith Villiers, Lowther, Withnall, Powell, &;'. e. Herbert. Tenors :—Mr. H. De Brenner, and Mr Henry Alerbert. frin ^ ciPal Baritone—Mr Theodore Distin, from the Royal .Italian Opera, Covent-garden, and Messrs. St. Albyn, Vito, J-rvi+, Lincoln, Hunter, Hines, varm, Lloyd, Henley, Ashton, &c. OYAL ALTIANIFIRA PALACE, Leicester-square. OPEN BOXING NIGHT. Engagement of the wonderfully popular Australian Comic 4-lumorist, THE GREAT BARLOW. „ The next milder is the Marvellous. Eccentric MUSICAL SPIDER, the Laughter Demon of Paris. R OYAL ALT-TAMBRA PALACE, Leicester-square. OPEN BOXING NIGHT, The Ladies for the Grand Ballet have been selected from the chief Theatres at home and abroad. Principal Vanseuse MADEMOISELLE BIOLETTI, (From the Grand Of.era, Paris), 'Who has been expressly engaged for this establishment. 'ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. OPEN BOXING NIGHT. " LE PETIT BLONDIN," The Wonder of the Age. in his Marvellous Performance on the Low Rope. R OYAL ALIFIAMRRA PALACE Leicester-square, FREDERICIC , TRANCE (late of the Crystal Palace, Sole Lessee and Manager. OPEN BOXING NIGHT. A GRA.ND SUPPER SALOON furnished in the most :Incurious manner, has been erec*d. T he Doors will be thrown open on Boxing Night, December 26th, at Half-past Seven o'clock precisely. Musical Director, Mr. J. W. II RD. The Selections and Choruses under the direction of Mr. J. CAULFIELD, Jun. Leader of the Band, Mr. GOUGH. Stage Director, Mr. H. BOLE CO. Sole Proprietor, Mr. FREDERICK S I RANGE. ~„.Prices :—Private Boxrs, with Admission through Privat e 41 ouse, LI Ss. • Reserved Seats, 3s. ; Stalls, 2s. ; Balcony and Grand Hall, ls. ; Upper Balcony and Hall, 6d. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill street, Piccadilly. theY will appear at nine, nightly eleven o'clock during " week and play new music Admission, One Shilling►. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. )1 1 ADANIE TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, established 20 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION.—A Full-length PORTRAIT MODEL takenLLER, Doctor Donovan, life, and corrected from the Cast /. by Doctor Donovan, is now added to the Chamber of u niognomy. ° Den, on Boxing Day only, from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m.; other 4 3 , 8 from 11 a.m. till 5 p m., and from 7 ill 10. Admittance, One Shilling ; extra rooms, Sixpence. EET H. - IMPROVED MECHANICAL 4DENTIS CRY. —Professional abilities and great artistic 111 have been most successfully combined in the pro uction Z, ARTIFICIAL T NET tt upon a new principle. The real ;Mite of the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be expert hy all wishing to avail themselv es o f professional al Bl stance by ecnsulting Mr. AL BERT, 34, Great Russell teat. Bloomsbury. whose eNperience has enabled him to l ett such admirable, cony ement contrivances by artificial ins, and which are so perfectly efficient. 14 -R• SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVER PILLS.--A NEVER FAILING RElTEDY.—Pre kt,ed without any mercurial ingredient, from the recip e of Dr. , of Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who tip, t u ,,et from bilious and dyer aomplaints, inligesticn, wind, c„nis, giddiness, dizzine6s of the eyes, &o. For habitual ifcness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a . purifier 4. 0 ,„t1e blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera trkieand grateful to the stomach, they create appetite, pro 1101d b digestion, and strengthen the whole nervous system. Lo t , W. Lambert, R, King William-street, Charing-cross. lita i Zon, and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and three Nei?, t he quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. it e % B Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square l ila: Package. with " William Lambert," engraved on the N°. 22,621. NEW NOVEL BY THE REV. J. C. M. BELLEW. Now Ready, at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., BLOUNT TEMPEST. By the Rev. J. C. M. BELLEW. " • Blount Tempest' is a remarkably clever novel, tho roughly original, and independent of any fashion, school, or class. The reader will acknowledge that no nobler lesson was ever taught from pulpit or a!tar step than the author teaches in this beautiful story."—Morning Post. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready, in 2 vols., Svo., with Portrait, THE HON. GRANTLEY BERKELEY'S LIFE AND RECOLLECTIONS. "A book unrivalled in its position in the range of modern literature." The Times, Dec. t 6. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough street. IT II O E R M F E M Y 0 8 1 it after t h W e F el ov e V A Garden () U p e P r P a , at lt EVANS'. Fail not. KINAHAN' I D I C ISKY v. CUGNA S LIB WI This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest FRENCH BRANDY, It 14 Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 35. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; 1:Q„ the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesalt S, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded " Kinahan's LL Whisky." Now ready at all the Librarie in 3vo s., „ _ THE ORDEAL FOR WIVES. By the Author of " The Mora's of Mayfair," &c. " A very clever story. '—Morning Post. "A first-rate novel. The story is a very good one, and contains a vivid de cription of modern society."—John Bull. Hurt and Macke,t, 13, Great Marlborough-street. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's.inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way terminus, King's-cross. FUNDS are urgently REQUIRED to enab'e the Commit tee t admit the distressing cases tha , more especially at this inclement season of the ye .r, daily present them elves. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wh Ily dependent on voluntary contributions and le2;acies, which are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, .Esq., Nicholas-lane ; and at the. Hospital from 10 till 5. STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary. Donations of old linen thankfully received. Now ready, price 55., bound and Illustrated, CHEAP EDITION of BARBAR k'S HISTORY by AMELIA B. EDWARDS, forming the New Volume of "Burst and Blackett's Stanaard Library." " It is not often that we light uprn a novel of so much merit and interest as 'Barbara's History.' It is a very graceful and charming book, which the world wilt ,ike."— Times Hurst and Blatkett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE CHRISTMAS GIFT. A NEW EDITION OF T HE ILLUSTRATED INGOLDSBY LEGEND& Illustrated by Cruikshank, Leech, and Tenniel. A New Edition, including (now for the first time) the Prose Legends and the smaller Poems. With new Llustrations. 4to.'cloth, 215., and morocco extra, 365. An Edition, without Illustrations, fcp. Bvo., ss. ; or in MOTOCCo or calf, 12s 6d. Also a Library Edition, 2 vols. Bvo., with all the Ortinal Illustrations by Crudcshan and Leech, 21s. Richard Bentley, Pub.isher in Ordinary to her Majesty. rilelE NEW NOVEL—LYNN of rho CRAGGS, by CHARLOTTE SMITH, 3 volumes, may be obtained at all the Libraries. London : Sampson Low, Son, and Marston, 14, Ludgate hill. PARIS. -THE GRAND HOTEL, Boulevard des Capueines, Place de Nouvelle Opera, opposite the Rue de la Paix, and near the Theatres. Has been o ened slice July, 1862. It contains 700 bed rooms, prices from 4fr. to 25fr. ; 70 drawing-rooms, horn 5f r. to :ofr. ; a magnificent salon, capable of dining more than 300 persons, :end where there is a table d'hOte at six o'c'ock. Dmpers and breakfasts are served it la carte in the coffee rooms, as we 1 as in the apartments. There is a reading oom w.th the best English and foreign papers and publica tions, a music-room and a drawing-room for the use of tra vellers without any Additional charge. There are also baths, billiard-rooms, smoking divans. post-office ; cabs, carriages, and omnibuses going to the railway station 4. The servants speck all languages. This superb Hotel, possessing all tha modern luxury and comfort can combine, and situ tted in the most fashionable part of Paris, is recommended to the atten tion of travellers. PUNCH'S ALMANACK FOR 1865, Illustrated by J. E. MILLAIS, ILA., JOHN TEN NIEL, C. KEENE, F. WALKER, and G. IMMAURIER, is now ready. Independently of their Two Hotels, the Compagnle Immo bil'e re has est.bi shed an extensive Private Furnished House on the Boulevard des Capucines, opposite the Rotunda of the G , and }lntel, where Families can reside • as In their own private residences, and where they may rely upon finding the a' most comfort. THE TEA ESTABLISHMENT, 4 and 5, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY. The above Establishment will be CLOSED on MONDAY, the 26th inst. Demy Bvo., extra cloth, Os. 6d., T IFE : It NATURE, VARIETIES, and IA PHENOMENA. By LEO H. GRINDON. Third Edition. " Mr. Grindon's book has reached, but will not stop at, the third edition. It is the work of a scholar, a Christian, and a man of real Fotence."—lllorning Herald. " To those who delight in the exercise of their intellectual powers, these very thoughtful and beautifully-written reflec tions will be a welcome boon, and the source long afterwards, we mg) , rest assured, of many fruitful meditatioas and plea sant memories." —Sun. " The reader will find in it much thought and much read ing. There is plenty to think up' n, plenty to study, plenty lo entertain." —lllustrated London News." London : P. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C, RIDGWAY & CO. December Bth, 1864. HAIR -CURLING FLUID. 248. High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curl. Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d.; sent free for 51 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, ls. 6d., or 20 stamps. Crown Bvo., cloth, 400 pages, price 55., HIDDEN SPRINGS. By the Rev. J. PAUKER, of Manchester. The sermons of t , r. Parker are especary noticeable for clearness of thought and language. All seems as if it were written with a pencil of I ght. . . . N ture is every where in the ascendant, and hence its matchless force. . . . . There is no speakin2,- for sceaking's sake, no display of any kind ; every word is an arrow directed to the mark."—Bri tish Standard. London: F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London,— ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma nently— Ladies' Hair from 7s. 6d. ; Gentlemen's from ss. The Dye is sold at 3s. 6d ,or sent free for 51 stamps. It is most easy of u-e. 11 - AIR DESTROYER —248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, without effect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms. 38. ed.; sent the same day . as ordered by post for 54 stamps. 280 pp., cloth, lettered, price 35., VEGETABLE COOKERY.—Pastry, Pickling, &c. This volume supplies a want long let. Cookery books exist in abundance, but they relate almost exclusively to the preparation of dishes from animal food. his work is devoted entirely to the proper• cooking of vegetables, to preserving, ickling, the preparation of sauces, soups, beverages, itc., &c., and f rms a complete treatise upon the subject. Vegetables, fruits, &c., constitute th• half of our daily food : here is an essay ul on the best possible preparation of this half. Loudon : F. Pitman, 20, Paternoster-row, E.C. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient i n ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent free fors4 sumps. —ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. Essay )n flair, id. PIMPLE REMOVER.--All diseases of the skin are improv , d by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness &c 2s. 9d.; by post tor 40 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. ALEX. ROSS'S FACE POWDER, ls.; sent for 14 stamps ; Eye Colour, 38. ed., or 54 stamps. Skin tonic produces a transcendent complexion, 45., or CO stamps. Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. T HE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.- DEOLLARD'S perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry. 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Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. UDIE'S SELECT LIBRARY. SECOND-HAND BOOKS ON SALE. Purchasers of Books for Public or Private Libraries, Mer chants, Shipping Agents, intending Emigrants. and others, are r specttully invited to apply for the APRIL LIST of WORKS withdrawn from Mudie's Library for This List includes Copt. Speke's Discovery of the Source of the Nile Sir R. Alco^k's Capital of the Tycoon —Memoirs of Bishop Blomfield- Stanley's Sermons in the East—King lake's Invasi• n of the Crimea—Life of Edward Irving—Our Old Home--Bowitt's History of the Supernatural— A Lady's Visit to Manilla and Japan—Lowth's Wanderer in Western Pm' ce I ord William Lennox's Biographical Reminiscences Earl St.tnhope's Life of Pitt—Queen Al ab—itachel Ray - and more than One Thousani other Works of the past and present season - , at the lowest current prices. CHARLES EDWARD MUDIE, New Oxford-street, London. CITY S 0 W-R 00 MS FOR GLASS AND CHINA, 117, 110TJNDSDITCFI. DE FRIES and SONS' TABLE GLASS, Cut and Engraved. of the choicest designs. R EFRIES and SONS' DINNER, DESSERT, and Tea Ware, of the newest patterns. DEFRIES and SONS' LUSTRES, TAZZAS, and Flower Vases for the present season. REFRIES and SONS' CH ANDELIERS, for the Dlnirg-room, in Bronze, Ormolu, and Silver. 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DINNEFORD'S PURE FLUID MAGNESI A has been, duri , g thirty 'oars, emphatically sanctioned by the Medical Profession, aid universy ly accepted by the blic, as the licst Remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Heartburn, Headache, Gout, and Indigestion, and as a Mild Aperient for delicate constitutions, more esp chilly for Ladies and Children. Combined with the Accidulated Lemon Syrup it forms an agreeable Effervescing Draught, in which its Aperient qualities are much increased. During Hot Seasons, end, above all,•in Hot Climates, the regular use of this sim ple and elegant remedy has been found highly beneficial. Manufactured (with the utmost attention to strength and polity by DINNEFORD and CO., 172, New Bond-street, London ; and bold by all respectable Chemists throughout the Empire. EE T H.—Mr. ESKELL'S PATENT,—The exclusive right to this Patent was secured to Mr. Eskell, of Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, by her Ma jesty's Royal seal (July 17, 1860), and can only be procured at his residence, where specimens maybe seen, and every infor mstion can be obtained. Under this Patent, Artificial Teeth, to last a lifetime, are made, and fitted in a few hours without pain or extractions. They support loose teeth, and protect tender gums ; their resemblance to nature is perfect and un detectable, and they are guaranteed for mastication and articulation. Treatise on the subject sent for seven stamps. Consultations free. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "Mr. Fakell, dental-surgeon, has succeeded in producing artificial teeth, and so constructing them that they last their purpose a lifetime. . . . The process has been patented, and promises to be most valu tble."—Court Journal, August 4, 1860. "A surprising novelty in the adaptation of artificial teeth othe gum by a patented principle, which secures the most perfect aid, combined wish the greatest ease and agreeable appearance."—Morning Advertiser, August 9, 1860. Decayed teeth stopped, &c. Terms strictly moderate, 8, GrOaTenOr-street, bond-street. Richmond and Petersburg in a State of Siege, The army correspondent of the Columbia Caro• Tinian, writing from the intrenchments around Richmond, under date of Nov. 16, furnishes an in teresting letter, from which we make the following extract hest is but rude, and every thought is subordinate to the duties of the time and place. " Here everything speaks of war. The place in which I write is the headquarters of one of our ,ienerals, and yet headquarters are but a deserted iegro hue, where a single apartment - , divided by a strip of canvas, serves! the purposes of offices, cham ler, and dining-room. " Just in our front is the continuation of the outer ine of intrenchments which encompass Richmond, ►nd now hold the enemy at bay. A few hundred yards distant gleam the fires along our picket line, and a corresponding row of lights beyond mark the presence of a Yinkee division. The woods have been ,evelled for miles, ani the ground covered with an abittis that has been already unsuccessfully explored by the Federals. Across this space occasional glimpses are afforded of the intrenchments of the enemy, but for several days no demonstration has been made by them which indicates vigorous life. Still, we know they are there. Our men are rapidly getting into winter quar- ters, building walls, putting up log huts with thatched roofs, end preparing for the inclemency of the season. " The most interesting portion of the entire line is around Petersburg, where the two armies have lug and dug until the entire face of the country oetween them resembles-A labyrnth, which to the uninitiated has neither beginning nor end, Neces sity, the mother of invention, has taught our meta now to protect themselves. They live in caves, holes, chambers, ingeniously constructed, with bunks and fireplaces, and in a word, except in time of action, are completely sheltered, Sharpshooting, the pest of a soldier's life in the trenches, continues incessantly; but beyond 30 or 40 men daily killed or wounded along the lines—men only missed by the loved ones of the home circle—all is quiet. " That this comparative rest will not continue long is a general impression. In spite of our shell and shot the Dutch Gap Canal is supposed to be nearly completed, and the gathering of the mammoth armada and arrival of General Sheridan at City Point with a portion of his forces, are indications which certainly point to a grand combined land and naval attack within a few days. If Grant is unsuc cessful—and no one familiar with our preparations doubts the fact—it is surmised (hat with his usual promptness he will move southward and commence a winter campaign somewhere else. "Among all the antagonists that have confronted General Lee during the war none have given that great chief more trouble or occasioned more anxiety than General Grant. Although he has been re peatedly brought to the ground, beaten and discom fited, like a reekless prizefighter covered by his own blood, and blinded by the blows that were rained upon him, he has dashed again into the fray, and again and again suffered the mortification of defeat without once acknowledging that has been whipped. And he still clings with deathlike tenacity. The resources of an immense power are at his back. He calls for reinforcements to take the place of the tens of thousands over whose graves he stalks like the demon of death, and they are furniebed. Nothing is wanted to make his success complete but sheer human inability to stand before the superior prowess of Southern men. With his peculiar obstinate, bulldog nature, General Grant is a firm believer in the attrition' process, which wears out by repeated blows what is not accomplished by one. Hence the necess;ty of keeping our own army :ully up to a proper level of strength. Hence the revocation of details ; the recommendation of the President concerning negro labour, and the mea• sures about to be de vised by Congress for a general reorganisation of the army." The Spanish Ministerial Crisis. MADRID, Dec. 18. The Contemporaneo gives the following account of • the failure of Senor Isturitz to form a new Ministry and the recall of Marshal Narvaez and his colleagues to power : " Yesterday morning it was doubted in political circles that Senor Isturitz, notwithstanding all his efforts, would be able to satisfactorily fulfil the mission with which her Majesty bad intrusted him the previous evening. Some hours passed away, when at about five o'clock in the afternoon it was positively stated that Senor Isturitz had succeeded in forming the following Ministry, of which it may be said that it was undoubtedly incompatible with the recently elected Cortes :—President, Senor Isturitz; Foreign Affairs, Bormudez de Castro; War, Ros de Oano; Grace and Justice, Naudin ; Interior, Calderon Collantes; Finance, Salaver ria ; Colonies, Di z Arguelles ; Marine, Ibarra. It was added that Senor Alonzo Marti• nez positively declined to accept the Ministry of Grace and JUstice, which was urgently pressed upon him, and that Gineral Calonge also refused the Ministry of War. nevertheless, it was expected before the Queen at 6 o'clock to . take the oaths. But that the while new these Min is t ry rumourswerewouldpresent themselves circulating as per- per fectly authentic, matters were settled quite in he l r e manner . Queen was doubtless fully bo f the l gravity te of the circumstances, and, rising above them with that admirable and ener getic judgment and Pe r f ect l y const i tut i ona l sp i r it s a e n n o s t i which characterises her, her Majesty sent to the Duke of Valencia to present himself with his col• leagues at the Palace, In obedience to the Royal command these gentlemen presented themselves at the Palace at 6 o'clock. After a brief conference, in which her Majesty expressed her opinions, and stated in the most emphatic terms that she had re solved not to accept the resignations remitted to her under the impulse of patriotic duty, the Mini sters felt they could not refuse the high proof of confidence afforded them by the Crown, and retired from the Royal presence to immediately assemble in council. During the short period in which this took place the Queen returned to the Duke of Va lencia the resignation s which the latter had de livered in writing to her Majesty at the commence ment of the crisis. The Ministry, therefore, continues the same as formed last Monday. We believe it unnecessary to add a single wordimore on this event." The .Espana considers the crisis to have termi nated in the most satisfactory manner for the country, and says : "Any other Ministry, particularly if it had not an unionist tendency, would not only have had to deal with the great questions now prnding,but with those of public order and the Cortes. With regard to the first of the two latter it is most fortunate that the crisis has resulted in the winner in which it was srlved last night, since it is difficult to calculate to what point the effervescence would have arisen on the mere announcement of a certain Ministry. As regard the Cortes, it is well known that the Isturitz "Among all the cities of the Confederacy none can more justly lay claim to the title of metropolis than its beautiful capital. Although invested by 100,000 enemies, whose besieging guns morning. noon, and night roar out their hate—although girded around by a line of battle that may at any moment burst into flame, such is the faith reposed in those brave defenders, who have so often On Death's scythe dashed with force that turned its edge,' that one may look in vain for sign of doubt or trepidation. Day breaks, and hungry thousands are making their way to the well-filled markets. Later the stores open their sleepy lids, and every window displays tempting goods that tell a story of busy enterprise and broken blockades. The restaurants, of which there are scores kept in a style of magnificent abundance, hang out their venison, birds, and turtle, and expose long shelves freighted with the choicest liquors that tempt the bon vivant to certain financial ruin. The hotels and boarding-houses pour forth their living contents, and by 9 o'clock Miin•street and its tributaries be gin to witness the grand processional movement which continues through the day. Ladies and clerks are wending their way to their several posts of duty; men with official business plainly written on their faces are harrying in the direction of the departments; mothers, wives, and sisters applying for the details of furlough of some loved one, or perhaps-eager to learn the fate of a missing hus band, son, or brother, are also there ; officers gals loping from the front to bring reports to the heads quarters in town; quartermasters, with their accus tomed energy, are looking up the day's supplies ; soldiers from camp on a few hours' leave of absence begin to arrive; men on crutches hobbling forth from hospitable roofs to breathe the fresh air; the fair sex, attired with a richness and elegance, and in raiment that you will see nowhere else in the Confederacy, add to the attractions of the street and thus, gathering its contributions from a thou sand channels, the population out of doors grows and diversifies until you find yourself plunged into one of those cosmopolitan ground swells that exist only in the great cities of the world. By noon the tide is at its flood, and you may elbow the best and the worst, the highest and the lowest, the greatest and the meanest people in the land. Night comes, and the lights flash merrily from a thousand parlours, where reign peace, pleasure, and content. Hospitality abounds, and with graceful hand the good citizens dispenses its rites, not more among themselves than upon the passing stranger, whose only claim may be that he is a soldier. The transient visitor hee offered t 6 him the temptations of the theatre and concert-room, while a score of hells are ready to en galph those whose baser tastes best fit them for tbeir enjoyments. Such is Richmond. "And it is a strange contrast that one experience -s in passing from these metropolitan scenes, where dress and fashion are the presiding deities, to the tieTere associations of the camp, where comfort at Cabinet would have encountered an adverse ma jority, that it would have failed in the question of the Presidency, and would have had recuurse, per haps on the 231 inst., to a suspension of the bit• tinge, and shortly afterwards to a dissolution of the Congress—a necessary measure for its existence, bat the gravity of which in the present state of the country could not be disguised." The DiairoEspanol characterises the result of the cr i s i s as one o f the greatest humiliations, and as the most unworthy political solution ever adopted by the Moderate party, It says : "The Isturiiz Ministry, complete and ready to take the oaths before her Majesty, had to dissolve itself last night, because the Duke of Valencia and his eight colleagues suddenly changed their opinion, reformed their judgment, and agreed to think the contrary of what they thought on the 14th inst. What has happened P What causes have ieflue enced the strange transformation undergone by the late Cabinet ? Time will clear up certain mysteries which may be divined in all this, and meanwhile we shall sec in what situation the Throne, the country, and its institutions will be placed after the feigned withdrawal of the Narvaez Cabinet." After a violent attack upon the Narvaez Ministry -- "•.P. ---- " - _ ft 7 , . 11111 ‘ • , .I' i. • ) . - .. rr' g' 4l 4 .. WI 'mod / --- Thi ' ' • ,‘ :._ s r • I Lh ' . , ‘-:,'. I. : '" L 'Y' 0- 641 CI, sa . . 1 1 Vt ,, "_. 1 41 . • 1.----/ • .4 • 4 '. '- fIY r ' I . 5 - '\\ 4 Mi le . • t-, ..., 4.,,=a_ ,: '''''' ' ' 4 f. A l t - ~ - ...• . t .i. : ~,, / ~ :-_- - z, N...,_ olt {ol4j l niv . ,_. .._,,,, r) i • ..- 4- -4 16 " , //ON -, 714 . -• I -,.....,,,!.- .- . i ~,...., .. ' .4, .., AI THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1864. both on the grounds of its policy in the San Do mingo question and its action,towards political par ties and the press, the Diario says, in conclusio❑ : "If what ha 4 now occurred erects itself into a system, we may be assured that the constEutional reginze is extinct, that representative theores are a and that the pubic power defined by the fun - damental Cede are nothing more than shadows of inisti!utions." Toe Iberia has d ffi3ulty in considering the pre sent solution a seriJus ore, and says : '•The Ministry that appears to day in the Gazette will be transitory. It will be a substitute that will last a longer or shorter time, but which will only live through its own insignificance and the disdain of the public and of parties." The Epoca of to-day makes the following an• nouncement relative to the asserted recognition of the San Domingo insurgents as belligerents by England :- 1 "In consequence of the effect produced upon the public mind by this announcement, Sir John Cramp ton, the English Ambassador at this Court, felt bound to request explanations from his Government upotia matter in which he was without official in structions. Earl a ltussell lost no time in replying, and his despatch robed the English representative yesterday evening at the same time that the First Secretary of State received the despatches from our Minister Plenipotentiary in London, previously an, nounced by telegraph to the Spanish Cabinet. These despatches contained ample details of all that had occurred. Oa account of certain questions arising from events that have taken place in consequence of the blockade of the Dominican coasts by the Spanish squadron, the English Government considered it necessary to take the opinion of the legal advisers of the Crown, following its practice in all matters of this kind. Their opinion was favourable in a certain manner to the recognition of the Domini cans as belligerents, Spain being bound, according to their view, by the maritime laws laid down in the Treaty of Paris, to maintain a real and effective blockade of all the points of the island where she undertook to prevent the entry of supplies des tined for the rebels. Earl Russell communicated this opinion to our representative in London, who, in his turn, considered it urgently necessary to acquaint the Spanish Government with the same. Hence the origin of news which, having come to the knowledge of the telegraphic agents of various periodicalsin this city, was transmitted by them with the urgency which its importance dictated, although the want of the details above mentioned caused some exaggeration in their communications. The reply of Earl Russell to the English Ambassador could not be expressed in more satisfactory terms. The En. lish Minister confirmed the explanations given by Senor Comyn, and wishing to afford a proof of the friendly attitude of England in questions so greatly affecting the prestige of our country, he authorised the English Ambassador to acquaint the Spanish Cabinet with his determination to indefinitely post pone any act which might be considered hostile or as tending to exercise any sort of influence in the settlement of our interior affairs. We, who cannot be accused of bring ardent admirers of the English policy, have satisfaction in declaring that its con duct in the present circumstances has beer worthy of a great Power, and therefore merits our most sincere eulogies." AMERICA. Our advices from New York are to the 10th inst. According to Richmond papers of the 7th, Sherman had rest, d his army four days in thevicinity of Louis ville, 30 miles north of Millen, which is 80 miles north of Savannah. The region where Sherwin stopped is one of the richest in Georgia. Richmond, Glasscock, and Jefferson counties abound in provi sions and forage, and the Richmond papers say that Sherman was busily engaged in gathering a full supply. On the 2d inst. he had passed Millen, and at the rate he had been moving he would be before Savannah by the Ur or sooner. From the tone of the Confederate reports it is thought they have no positive faith in their ability to hold the city against Sherman's army. The following are the latest accounts of Sherman's progress, as furnished by the Confederate press (From the Richmond Enquirer, Dec. 7.) The military situation is culminating—is become ing intensely, and to this part of the Confederacy vitally, interesting. The advance of Sherman's army since he crossed the Oconee bas been slow and cautious, his intention evidently being to mystify our military authorities, but the delay and slow movement has been to gather in supplies of forage, contracted as his territory is becoming from the movements of Wheeler's cavalry. Sherman has not for a moment hesitated, in our humble judgment, as to the point to be attacked, or the road to take. If our readers will take the map, and notice the posi tions, they will find it very interest. From Fen's Bridge, on the main branch of the Ogoechee River, where Sherman crossed to Louisville, where the main body of his army is now supposed to rest, is 15 miles; and from Louisville to Millen it is 30 miles. Now we make up this campaign for him as the most reasonable, the moat feasible if he hopes to accomplish anything, and the most natural one. When his forage and provision trains are full, he will mass his entire force at Millen, throwing his cavalry to the rear. With his waggon-train between the wings of his army, he will move in compact columns, steadily but cautiously, on the city of Savannah, with no fear of an attack on either fl lank, The Ogeecbee and its few crossings and terrible swamps on its right,and the Savannah and its equally swampy banks on its left, both flanks will be most securely covered, a grand desideratum in army movements. And thus situated he has a march of something over 80 mites to Savannah. Sherman left Atlanta on the 12th of November and reaching Millen on the 2d of December, he has tra v3lled 165 miles in 20 days—an average of eight miles per day. Travelling at the same rate, he would reach Savannah on the 9th inst., or if he goes to Darien, may be expected there about the 15th, provided he meets with no delays by the way. (From the Richmond Exeeminer, Dec. 7.) The military drama in Georgia is drawing rapidly to its denouement. General Sherman is at last ap proaching the coast, whither he has been travelling 23 days. Whether he will complete the journey or not depends very much upon certain events which will occur this week. There are troops in his front who will resolutely dispute his further advance to ward Savannah or Darien, after he passes a certain point. It is reported that his advance was ekir■ mishing yesterday with our outposts. We do not know what Sherman will do when he finds a for midable force in his front, but we are disposed to believe that he will discard strategy and attempt to break through the lines of his opposers. Let him do what he will, he will certainly feel that never was general in a more critical situation. (From the Richmond Whig, Dec. 7.) The Augusta Clonseit,uicona/ist of the 3d inst. says that just before going to press it WAS informed that the enemy's main body bad passed Millen, en rouse for the coast or destruction. In a previous para. graph it says—" Sherman, from all reliable sources, seems to have halted recently in order to grind corn. As ho tended towards the barren countries of the south it became necessary to make the pro per provision. His foraging pries are constantly driven in by our cavalry. and compelled to hug the main body. His forage is reported to be short." The Neu; York Times of the 10th thus comments on the news of Sherman's advance : " We have news of Sherman's army from Rich mond pipers of as late a date as Wednesday. It confirms the accounts we hell yesterday of the march of Sherfnan towards Savannah, along the narrow strip of country that lies between the Ogee chee and Savannah rivers. The formation of this stretch of laud is peculiar—there being ei:tensi e PRICE ...... ...4d STAMPED ....sd. and continuous marshes along the banks of both rivers, with an elevated ridge of land running about • quidistant between them. Thus, while our troops march along the ridge, both their flanks are pro tected by the mc:rshes. It wa given out, last Satur lay, that Lieut.-Gen. Grant calctitated Sherman mould reach the seaboard by that day, and now the Richmond editors calculate that he will reach SA. vannah to-day. °ranee calculation was not far from Accurate, or at least would not have been, hi.d Sher man marched without stoppage, but it seems by rebel accounts that he halted his army for four days at Louisville, a little place about 110 miles from the seaboard, in order to gather in such forage and sup plies as he required. The rebels still proclaim he will have a fight before he gets to Savannah. We suppose it likely that when they found he had passed by Augusta without assailing it, they re moved the troops which had been hastily gathered there under General Bragg, Wade, Hampton, and the local militia generals, and hastened them for ward by the railroad to Charleston and thence to Savannah, to confront Sherman. Besides the offi cers we have mentioned, there are at Savannah Messrs Hardee, Dick Taylor, and Gustavus W. Smith. It is not unlikely that the troops under Cobb, whom Sherman found at Macon, have been running a race to reach Savannah borore our forces. They could take railroad from Macon es far as Loyola, and thence march to the Southern Georgia road, which would carry them to Savannah. In the meantime we have not heard a word lately of Beau regard, who announced to the people of Georgia, 22 days - age, (hut he was hastening to -their -relief. We should think that with Beauregard, Cobb, Bragg, Hardee, Smith, Taylor, Hampton, Wayne, Wheeler, and the score of other great Confederate generals who are gathered together to stop Sherman's march, they would make some strenuous cfforte to prevent his getting into Savannah. We hope they will soon let us know what success they meet with. The Het ald of the 9:la says : By the arrival here yesterday of the Government steam transport Trade Wind, from Hilton Head, S. C., on the sth inst., we are furnished by our correspondents with full and interesting details of the battle of Honey Hill, S. C., three miles from Grahamsville, on the Charleston and Savannah Railroad, on the 30th ult., b2tween some of Gen. Foster'a troops and a rebel force under Gen. Gustavus Smith. We have already given some rebel newspaper accounts of this engagement. Our own despatches show it to have been a stubbornly contested aff dr. The Union force left Hilton Head early on the morning of the 29th ult., on transp rts, and proceeded up Broad River to Boyd's Point, where they were landed. A naval force ace mpanied them, and both Admiral Dahlgren and Gen. Foster were with the ex pedition. After landing the troops were pushed out for several miles in various directions, driving the enemy be fore them at every point. The day was thus consumed in reconnoitring and skirmishing. Early on the morning of the 30th they were at;a:ked by a body of rebels who moved out from their earthworks at Honey Hill. These were im mediately driven in, and determined and severe fighting commenced between our men on the open ground and the enemy in his intrenchments, and lasted for several hours. Three gallant charges were made on the rebel works by the Union soldiers, but finding them too strong to be easily taken, and not of sufficient importance to compensate for the losses which their capture would involve, Gen. Foster withdrew his command to a strong and important posi tion on the Savannah-road, where his troops remained during that night and the following day. No accounts of his later movements have reached us. The New York. Herald of the 10th gives the fol• lowing as the latest news from the army of the Potomac:— A despatch from City Point, James River, states that the second and fifth corps, ar my of the Potomac, were massed in the vicinity of the Jerusalem plank road on last Tuesday night, and on the next morning commenced their march towards Stony Creek station, on the Weldon Railroad. The detachment of these corps from the main army is front of Petersburg does not materially weaken it, as it has lately been considerably reinforced. Our despatches give an ac count of an important acquisition of ground made by a small detachment of our troops on Wednesday last. The enemy's continual firing on the working parties in the Dutch Gap canal interfering considerably with its completion, portions of three regiments of coloured in'antry and a section cf Mar tin's Fifth regular artillery, under the direction of, General B. C. Ludlow, were crossed over from the south side of James River to the north side, under the protection of the Union cannons in that vicinity; drove back the rebels, and effected a lodgment at the upper terminus of the canal, iithere they intrenched themselves, thus securing the labourers in that important military work from further molestation. The enemy's batteries subsequently opened on General Ludlow's position, but did not do any harm. A number of new as signments of general officers have been made in the army of the James. An order has been issued directing the discon• tinuence of the practice on the part of commissioned officers of borrowing money from privates, under the penalty of dis missal from the service. Some brevet promotions of gene ral officers in the army of the Potomac have recently been made. The Richmond people are disappointed by Grant not having made a grand attack on the rebel lines on the 6th inst. That was the day they had fixed upon far it The Richmond papers soya that the sixth and eighth corps, from the Shenandoah Valley, have recently reinforced the armies before the rebel capital. The following is the order above referred to : HeadquarterF,Department of Virginia and North Carolina, Army of the James, in the Field, Va., Dec. 5, 1864. It has come to the knowledge of the commanding general, by frequent complaints of private so.diers, that officers borrow money of the enlisted men of their commands. N., practice could be more demoralising to both officer and men• Enlisted men do not feel themselves at liberty to refuse to lend to their officers. Men, if they loan money to their offi cers, expect favours in return—and there is an end to dis • cipline and an incentive to favouritism. Officers borrowing money of their men do not regulate their expenditure within their income, and find themselves enable to repay it.- This practice must be stopped. Hereafter it will be held cause to recommend for dismissal any officer who shall borrow money or incur debt to an enlisted man. After the next payment, any officer who shall be indebted to an enlisted man, and has not paid him, will be recommended for dismissal, upon complaint of his creditor. This order will be read in the presence of every company in the command, at two separate parades.—By command of Major-General BUTLER. ED. W. SMITH, Assistant Adjutant-General. Official—lSßAEL R. SEALY, Assistant Adjt.-General. 'The rumours a few days ago (says the Herald of the 10th) that Hood end Fut rest had crossed their forces to the north side of the Cumberland River seem to have had nJ foundation whatever. Equally groundless are all the stories about Union disasters on that stream. Up to yes`erday there had been no material change in the positions of the two op posing armies before Nashville. There has been considerabe skirmishing between the Fourth corps under General Wood, and the enemy, resulting in but few casualties on our side, the rebels being driven back. One of the Union batteries fired on the rebels for some time on Thursday morning with out being replied to. The rebels have made no de monstration on the Cumberland River below Clarks ville, 150 miles above its mouth, From there to Nashville, 59 miles further up, our transports have to be convoyed by gunboats, as there are seve ral rebel batteries along the banks be. tween those two places. Yesterday our gun boats went down from Nashville, :attacked one of these batteries, silenced it, and drove the rebels away. A rebel brigade has gone from in front of Nashville in the direction of Mur.- freesboro', but whether for the purpose of attacking that town is not known. Oh Thursday afternoon the guerilla leader Gentry took possession of La grange, Tennessee." In the Lower House of the South Carolina Le gislature, on the 28th ult., Mr Trescott introduced the following resolutions respecting the employ ment of uegroes, which were ordered for considera tion and were ordered to be printed-- Resolved, that it is the duty, as it has been the effort of the State of South Carolina to contribute to tho utmost of its ability in urn), money, and material, for the prosecu t ion of a war in which its safety, independence, and its honour are all involved. Resolved, that if, in the the opinion of those ol au th or i s ed and competent to decide, employment slaves in the army for special service, as teamsters, will contribute to the military efficiency of the Confederate forces, the State will cheerfully and :promptly furnish the quota which may be required--provided that ill the dis charge of such service the servile status of the negro be maintained. Resolved, that this State cannot consent to the proposition by which slaves so employed shall be pun. chased and declared free by the Confederate Government upon the expiration of their term of service, because the creation of such a class would invelve the most delicate end dangerous questions as to rae rights of the general govern- PAppl ment on subjects belonging to Mk( ' o l.64 4 l .iiktiOntrar Mal individual States—because the ptoP.l! traOtAka'ailiany highest hope and reward which call be PPW:ti)**Yele in itself a declaration that slavery it -En rfc.re-midition, from which he has the capacity and ought to hae tWesire to escape—because such a policy is opposed to the steady and consistent domestic legislation of this State for nearly half a century, and because such a plan, if otherwise unob jectionable, confers its privileges unequally and unjustly. In the Confederate Senate, on the 6th inst., Mr Henry, of Kentucky, from the military committee to whom was referred the house concurrent recce lotion proposing a joint committee of the two houses respecting the exemption of state clams from military service, reported the following prr. amble and joint res-o!utitis as a substitute there for :-- Whereas the public exig ncy r, quires the services iu a. 4 field of all able-bodied men in the Ccnfederate States I,e_ tweeu the ages of 18 and 45; be it thetefore resolved by the Congtess of the Confederate States of America, that, the governors of the legislatures of all the States of this Con federacy be respectfully requested to institute an examina tion of the lists of all persons exempted by the laws of their respective States or by the certificates of their governors, under the provisions of an act entitled "an act to organise forces to serve during the war," approved Feb. 17, 1861„ from military services in the army of the Confederate States and that they turn over all able-bodied perscns between tha ages of 18 and 45 years to the military authorities of the Confederate States, so far as the same can be done con sistently with the due administration of the laws of thu States. Mr Barnwell still thought that the States had better be let alone on this subject. The necessity now pressing upon them a culd suggest to them the proper measures to be taken. Mr Graham thought the measure as altered by the cote mittee. had been relieved of its offensive feature, but at the same time was still of opinion that the subject had better be left with the States. That the governors of the States had recommended the subject to the attention of the legislatures was an additional reason why Congress should let it alone. The neolution was rejected, the vote, on division, being yeas, 6, nays 7. The following is the reply of Mr Seward to th© request of Lord Wharncliffe, made through Mr Adams, that the £l7,oooyrodneed by the Liverpool itt nar should be distribitedamong the Confederate prisoners in the North : Department of State, Washington, Dec. 5. Sir,—l have received your despatch of the 18th Novem.. ber, No. 807, together with the papers therein mentioned, viz., a copy of a letter which was addressed to you on the 12th November last by Lord Wharncliffe, and a copy of your answer to that letter. You will now inform Lord Wharncliffe that permission for an agent of the committee described by him to visit the insurgents detained in the military prisons of the Uaited States, and to distribute among them £17,000 of British gold, is disallowed. Here it is expected that your correspondence with Lord Whatn• cliffs will end. That correspondence will necessarily be.. come public. On reading it the American public will be well aware that, while the United States have ample means for the support of the prisoners, as well as for every other exigency of the war in which they are engaged, the insur • gents, who have blindly rushed into that condition, are suffering no privations that appeal for relief to charity either at home or abroad. The American people will be likely to reflect that the sum thus insidiously headed in the name of humanity, constitutes no large portion of the pro s which its contributors may be justly supposed to have derived from the insurgents, by exchanging with them arms and munitions of war for the coveted productions of immo. ral and enervating slave labour, nor will any portion of the American people be disposed to regard the sum thus osten tatiously off,red for the relief of captured insurgents as a too generous equivalent for the devastation and dissolution which a civil war, promoted and protracted by British enb4 jects, has spread throughout the States, which before were eminently prosperous and happy. Finally, in view of thls last officious intervention in our domestic affairs, the Ame rican people can hardly fail to recall the warning of the father of our country directed against two great and inti mately connected public dangers, viz.: Sectional faction and foreign intrigue, Ido not think the insurgents have become debased, although they have sadly wandered from the ways of loyalty and patriotism. I think that, in com mon with all our countrymen, they will rejoice in being saved by their considerate and loyal government from the grave insult which Lord Wharncliffe and his associates, in their zeal for the overthrow the United States, have pre pared for the victims of this unnatural and hopeless rebel lion.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, WILLIAM H. SEWARD. The Conservative Land Society's offices will be closed from Saturday to Mondah Dec, 26, inclusive, for the Christmas holidays, THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER AND THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.—The Hon. F. Lygon, who was one of the Lords of the Treasury under Lord Derby's Government, has addressed a letter to a Church paper, in which he indicates what will be the tactics of the Conservative party in reference to Mr Gladstone's candidature for the University of Oxford at the next gene ral election. He says he does not wish to address himself to any but those whose principles and wishes are Conserva tive, and who desire toensintain the constitution in Church and State—which he believes to be the case with a large preponderance of members of the University. Tlatir grievance, he says, is this—That the splendid talents of Mr Gladstone, which should be ranged on the side of the Church, are freely bestowed in and out of Parliament to advance the political power of men whose hostility to the temporal welfare of the Church and her dogmatic authority is their chief if not sole bond of union. In reference to Mr Gladstone's efforts out of Parliament, Mr Lygon refers to the Flintshire election, where Mr Gladstone, he says, spared no pains to promote the re turn of Lord Richard Grosvenor, whose vote has never been wanting to support the measures promoted by the Liberation Society of Episcopal Nominations. Mr. Lygon remarks, " I will say no more bat that I fail to see that the appointments of the last two years atone for the many , scandals which have followed the earlier appointments of the Administration." Mr Lygon then proceeds :—" With regard to the opposition whjuh Mr Gladstone commenced, but from family circumstances did not carry out, against the Divorce Court Bill, a regard for the truth compels me to say that the Divorce Bill, with all its iniquity, was launched into the world by the Government of Lord Aber deen, of which Mr Gladstone was a leading member ; and though I freely admit that in 1857 he made a splendid effort to arrest the progress of the bill, yet at most this can only be taken as an act of very partial reparation for the sad temerity of 1854, which was destined to bear such Lit ter fruit to the Church of Gad in this realm. Of the Burials Bill, and Mr Gladstone's course thereon, I assert on com petent authority that Mr Gladstone gave the measure a strenuous support, until he was outvoted in the select com mittee on a proposal of his own, that any Nonconformist intending to invade our churchyards in the manner pros posed should give a pledge that no breach of the peace should occur. On this chimerical plan being rejected, Mr Gladstone then, and then only, saw fit to oppose the bill, which nevertheless passed the select committee, and was defeated on the third reading by Tory organisation. The same year saw Mr Gladstone's eager support of the Clergy Relief Bill, which wantonly withdrew from the doctrine and practice of the indelibility of holy orders those temporal safeguards with which, under existing circumstances, the Church of England can ill afford to dispense." Mr Lygon considers that some reasonable explanation is due from Mr Glad stone's colleagues for the indifference ehuwn in the case of the riots in St. George'sein-the-East, and censures the right hon. gentleman's "fierce onslaught" upon charitable en dowments. Mr Lygon comes to the conclusion that the statesman who gains the confidence of the Conservative party as the champion of Church and State, must forfeit their sympathy and regard when leaguing his political fortunes with those of the bitter enemies of the Church of England. Mr Lygon's letter is supposed to be the avant courrier for the introduction of Mr G. Hardy, M.P., to the notice of the Oxford University electors. A BURGLAR DISPUTING WITH A JUDGE.--- Messrs. George Smith and George Carr, formerly in business as burglars, but now conv icts in confinement, seem to be rather interesting spec i m ens of their class. Breaking into a house at Whitley , in Worcestershire. they happened. to e eencounter,had placed a quantity of stolen g , e rhe owner of that house, who shot one of them and so belaboured the other that he was obli g ed tolie down,plde ready for just removal, m a e s v t e h l as his companion had done, to await the arrival ofthe Brought before Mr Justice Byles, at Wore tes t er Assizes on Tuesday, their behaviour was worthy of their previous conduct, and the ir sentence a just reward for e both. Mr &pith, who by characterising something imma terial in one of the statements of a witness as a " thunder ]xig lie" showed his general admiration of truthfulness. also endeavoured to shine as a logician. Inasmuch as he had stolen nothing, he could not see how he had been brought in guilty of burglary. 01 the attempt he was prepared to admit himself guilty, that being only a misdemeanour — but of the actual crime he contended he was innocent. Mr Just ice Byles pointed Out to him, in the mildest manner possible, that to break into a dwalling-house, even without stealing anything,was burglary, and that a manifest inten tion to steal was theft. " Bat," argued Mr Smith, with great elegance of diction, " If I was to shove my hand into your pocket, and not to take anything out, what would you charge me with —stealing, or the attempt?" Replied his lordship, avoiding the direc t euestiou—in view, no doubt, of the recent decision of Queen's Bench---" If the goods are removed with en intent that they shall be stolen, it is steal ing," Still Mr Smith was not contented, nor was Mr • Carr, for they both returned to the argument, and after ) some time declined to be convinced against their will that ) the essence of crime lies in its intent. They were evidently . dogged old thieves. 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